Visionsat IV200 PVR Plus

**Iceberg** · 08-21-2007 04:34 PM

cool

Glad I could have been of assiatance. Like I say, I really like this box. Just need to get it integrated into my setup now

**avg1joe** · 08-21-2007 06:33 PM

D

Id some reading and found out the HDD is incompatible with the receiver. I read what drives are and it sounds like Western Digital is the big one and seagate is another.....

Where is the list of supported hard drives. I checked out the pdf version of thier manual and I didn't see that info

**Iceberg** · 08-21-2007 07:56 PM

I really dont know of a list. All I know is
Western Digital & Seagate work. I use a WD 320GB drive with no issues.

Maxtors do not work...This is have come to a conclusion on.

**then** · 08-21-2007 10:04 PM

Can this unit do time shifting?

**Iceberg** · 08-21-2007 10:23 PM

define time shifting

automatic buffer like a subscription service box? no
can start at the beginning of a recorded program while its recording? Yes
can play another program while one is recording? yes

**then** · 08-22-2007 09:25 PM

Two out of three ain't bad

**Anole** · 08-22-2007 10:25 PM

. . . well . . . if you set the box to record for 24 hours (I think Ice said you could do that now), then you have the one missing feature . . .

It will put more wear on the hard drive, I suppose.

Of course, if you try to change channels during that 24 hour record, you might need to disengage, change chan, then restart the recording.

Okay, it's not a good solution. But it's a solution some might use.

**Iceberg** · 08-22-2007 11:27 PM

yes it will go up to 24 hours but if you change channels you would have to hit stop then change channels

**sprouts** · 08-28-2007 12:46 PM

Got my IV200 yesterday and let me say that everything that has been said about it is true. Love it so far. Having said that the remote is defective. The arrow keys are flakey. Also when I dump the channel info to the flash drive that came with it and enter the info into the Editor program(Ver1.5) on my computer all is well. After editing what I want and dump it back to the USB flash and re install it back into the receiver and try to transfer it back I get a message that it(the receiver) is looking for Ver1.11 and to check my STB. Anyone seen this before? Have the latest firmware from the Visonsat web.

Thanks
todd

Well I reloaded the firmware and started from scratch. Seems to work only if I save the edited file over itself. If saved to a newfile it doesn't work here.
Using a Elements 250GB(WD powered) hard drive and so far looks good. Recording a movie now so wil see how that goes.

**vincewarde** · 08-30-2007 03:33 AM

I finally got my IV200 up and running today. Great picture and features. I just can't get it to record. I have tried two hard drives (FAT32) and a 4GB thumb drive (also FAT32).

The unit can read the drives (and lay mp3s off of them), but I have tried every button and I just cannot get the unit to record. I even scheduled a recording - nothing.

I'm feeling really dumb right now because I'm a PC tech who hacked his Directivo for video extraction, but I can't get this thing to record.

Help, please!